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pa⋅se

[pah-sey]
–noun
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.

Origin:
1935–40; < Sp: lit., a pass, n. use of pase let him pass, 3rd person sing. pres. subj. of pasar to pass
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pa·se   (pä'sā)   
n.  One of several usually one-handed maneuvers in bullfighting in which the matador presents and moves the cape to attract a close, passing charge of the bull.

[Spanish, from pasar, to pass, from Vulgar Latin *passāre; see pass.]
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